Mata Payne Smart is the wife of Shaka Smart an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Marquette Golden Eagles men’s basketball team. The couple has been married since 2006 and they have one child together,
Advertisement
Maya Payne Smart is an author and professor at Marquette. Maya Payne Smart is also an early literacy advocate who is dedicated to assisting parents in nurturing and developing their children’s reading skills.
With her website, MayaSmart.com, Maya offers a wealth of resources to families, including reading lists, literacy exercises, and book crafts, all designed to make reading fun and engaging for kids.
Advertisement
Wondering how to build your child's language development skills? @MayaSmart author of "Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six," discusses ways to develop young kids' language processing skills that set them up for success.https://t.co/nk0zXkria4 pic.twitter.com/EOjaNfsU7F
— What Fresh Hell:Laughing in the Face of Motherhood (@whatfreshpod) February 28, 2023
One of Maya’s main points is that reading should be a fun and enjoyable experience for children, rather than a chore or a task to be completed.
With this in mind, she provides a variety of engaging activities and exercises that parents can use to help their children make reading a regular part of their lives.
Leave a Reply